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WILLIAM F SCHMEES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – November 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam F Schmees JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 21
- HARVEY MILFORD MOSHER JRSpecialist Five · November 4, 1967
- C GREGORY NUCKLESFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- LOUIS JOSEPH SEBASTIANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- C GREGORY NUCKLESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 21
- SANDERS KEY STROUD IIPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 22
- JOHN VERNON TAYLOR JRCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 22
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.